Becky shaw play pdf

A biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. This modern classic edition features an introduction to the play by Julia Listengarten. Your husband is not the Red Cross. The last time he started consoling a cute, suicidal chick, he married her.

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.

The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it's clear the evening won't go to plan. In turn Andrew's wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.

Gina Gionfriddo's masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc. Hey — when he comes back … five hundred dollars says he thinks k is a band. He wants to take a pay cut and move us to a smaller place. Suzanna was less?

Could we stay in this apartment if our income Max How much less? Look, you can do whatever you want. You can take a ten-thousand-dollar honeymoon. You need to fucking tether yourself. Join like a powder-puff, girl-on-girl softball team. Do something! This feeling of floating alone in the universe.

My wife and her mother have the same name: Suzanna Slater. Becky Oh. That must get confusing. The play was commissioned by the after the success of Gionfriddo's last play,, at the Humana Festival. Directed by Peter Dubois, the cast featured.

Reviewed the play for, writing: 'The new play marks an impressive stride for a writer with a saw-toothed wit and a seductive interest in exploring the rewards and responsibilities of emotional interdependence.

Becky Shaw is a thoroughly enjoyable play, suspenseful, witty and infused with an unsettling sense of the potential for psychic disaster inherent in almost any close relationship. Performances began at Second Stage on December 16, in previews, officially opening on January 8, The cast featured,, and. Kelly Bishop was cast as Susan, a woman with who hooks up with a man much younger than herself, and quite disreputable. Susan, a domineering woman, also has quite a dysfunctional relationship with her daughter Suzanna Emily Bergl in the play.

Due to positive reception and strong box office numbers, performances were extended through March 15,